June 14th was The Milligan for 2025. The Milligan is a bike event that is formerly know as The Big Hill Challenge. You can read more about the event at TheMilligan.org. This radio communications for this event are run my the Nashville Amateur Radio Club. This year a few additional clubs were invited to assist with communications. SCARA…
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SCARA Monthly Meeting June 2025
The Sumner County Amateur Radio Association held their monthly meeting on June 12, 2025 at the Sumner County EOC. The meeting promptly started at 1900 hours with SCARA President Jon Massaro, W4JDM, calling the meeting to order and leading the Pledge of Allegiance. The May meeting minutes were approved along with the Trustees report and…
The Great Tennessee Airshow
Members of Sumner County Amateur Radio Association and Sumner County ARES deployed on June 07, 2025 to assist the Nashville Amateur Radio Club with radio communications support for The Great Tennessee Airshow. The guys, Brian, NG2S, and Steve, KD4SAH, arrived at 0900 at the Net Control Station to check in and shortly thereafter responded to…
NWS Weather Balloon tracking fun
A lesser know radio hobby is tracking and recovering the weather balloons that the Nation Weather Service sends up multiple times per day. The NWS Nashville office, OHX, sends up 2 balloons per day, 0600 and 1800 hours. These balloons rise to a height maximum over 100,000 feet and sometimes travel for hundreds of miles….
Hams helping Hams!
The date was May 31st 2025, the last Saturday in May, and the Sumner County Amateur Radio Association was going to meeting up for their monthly luncheon at 11am. However the day started a bit early as a few members gathered up at a fellow SCARA members home to assist with a station upgrade. An…
May 2025 SCARA Luncheon
The SCARA May luncheon was held at Edly’s BBQ in Gallatin on May 31st, 2025 at 11am. It seems as these monthly luncheons go one more and more people attend. This month we had 15 attendees, some were SCARA members and some were not. These luncheons are open to anyone who would like to join…
April 2025 SCARA Luncheon
On Saturday April 19th 2025 at 11am a handful of amateur radio operators gathered at a local eatery for the monthly Sumner County Amateur Radio Association luncheon. The group met at McAllister’s Deli on Nashville Pike in Gallatin. Good food and great conversation was enjoyed by all. One topic that was discussed at length was how…
April 2025 SCARA Meeting
April 10th at 7PM the Sumner County Amateur Radio Association was called to order by President Jon Massaro, W4JDM, meeting at the Sumner County Emergency Services Center. There were 28 members in attendance. After a quick business meeting Jon led a panel discussion about HF radio and breaking barriers to successful HF operation for hams that…